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By Mark Jaffe, EUCI energy writer Global investment in clean and energy transition technologies reached a record $2.3 trillion in 2025, an 8% increase year-over-year, “defying policy and trade headwinds,” according to a BloombergNEF report. Market reforms in China, the largest clean tech market, the Trump administration’s moves to shutdown support for renewable energy, as…

By Mark Jaffe, EUCI energy writer New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill – making good on a campaign promise to deal with rising utility bills – on her first day in office issued two executive orders aimed at freezing rates and creating more generating capacity. “I promised the people of New Jersey bold action to lower…

By Mark Jaffe, EUCI energy writer The virtual power plant (VPP) market grew by 13.7% year-over-year in 2025, reaching 37.5 gigawatts (GW) of capacity with an increase in company deployments, companies buying VPP energy credits, and utility-run programs, according to a Wood Mackenzie market report. The 33% in the number of a participants in the…

By Mark Jaffe, EUCI energy writer U.S utilities have been caught “flat-footed” in the face of the soaring demand for electricity from data centers and manufacturing plants, according to a Wood Mackenzie study. Wood Mackenzie is tracking 134 gigawatts (GW) of proposed data centers across the U.S., a 68% increase from the 50 GW in…

By Mark Jaffe, EUCI energy writer The solar industry posted a solid first quarter in 2025, but is already seeing a slowdown that will continue through 2030 due to federal tax and tariff policies, according to a Wood Mackenzie-Solar Energy Industries market analysis. The industry installed 10.8 gigawatts (GW) of solar generating capacity in the…

By Mark Jaffe, EUCI energy writer In the last 10 years more than $230 billion has flowed into energy startups, but in the face of economic and political uncertainty, that funding stream has slowed, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Between 2015 and 2022, funding for a broad range of startups rose 570%, but…

By Mark Jaffe, EUCI energy writer A record-setting 8.6 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity was installed in the third quarter of 2024 – a 21% year-over-year increase – but a combination of manufacturing constraints and uncertainty about Trump administration energy policy may cool growth, according to an industry market report. Total solar deployment in 2024…

Promoters of clean-energy data centers in Virginia coal country unfazed by doubters September 10, 2024 Will Payne and Will Clear are all too aware of the skeptics. But those doubters only fuel the duo’s vision for Southwest Virginia. The former Virginia state energy office bureaucrats turned private-sector consultants have an ambitious plan to repurpose land…

Despite bad weather and forced power plant outages the nation’s grid was reliable in 2023 Energize Weekly, July 3, 2024 Even in the face of extreme weather events and higher rates of forced outages at generating facilities, the U.S.-Canadian electric grid remained “reliable and secure” in 2023, according to the North American Electric Reliability Corp.…

AI is poised to drive a doubling in data center electricity demand by 2030, studies say Energize Weekly, June 5, 2024 Data centers, spurred by increased artificial intelligence applications, could double their demand for electricity in the U.S. reaching 9.1 percent of the nation’s electricity load by 2030, according to analysis by the Electric Power…

Evergy Plan Maintains Lowest-Cost Approach to Meeting Growing Customer Electricity Demand, Maintaining Reliability, and Advancing Sustainability April 1, 2024 Evergy, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVRG) today filed its triennial Integrated Resource Plan with the Missouri Public Service Commission. This outlines the plan to meet customer electricity needs over the next 20 years. It includes additional renewable and…

After being rebuffed by regulators, utilities file slimmed-down spending plans March 18, 2024 State regulators are once again considering massive electric utility spending plans that would affect the state’s climate goals – and 5.4 million electric customers’ monthly bills – after rejecting previous versions late last year. The Illinois Commerce Commission forced the state’s two…